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Defendants Involved in Selling Business Coaching Programs Settle FTC Charges

Date

June 26, 2017

Seven individuals and eight companies they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges in a deceptive telemarketing operation that took millions of dollars from thousands of...

Cases and Proceedings

Thrive Learning, LLC

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 26, 2017

FTC Matter/File Number

152 3233

Press Release

FTC Amends Complaint Against Invention Promotion Scheme Defendants

Date

June 8, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints...

Plain Language Guidance

Small Business Computer Security Basics

Date

April 26, 2017

Here are a few computer security basics to help your company, even if you’re the only employee. If you have employees, train them to follow these tips. If you collect any consumer information, also...

Press Release

FTC Obtains Court Order Against Envelope-Stuffing Scheme

Date

April 24, 2017

An envelope-stuffing operation is banned from selling business and work-at-home opportunities under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC charges that David S...

Cases and Proceedings

Mason Grace Enterprises

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

April 24, 2017

FTC Matter/File Number

142 3269

Cases and Proceedings

Fair Guide (Construct Data Publishers d/b/a Fair Guide)

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

March 28, 2017

FTC Matter/File Number

132 3001

X130040

Press Release

FTC Halts Invention Promotion Scheme Charged With Bilking Millions of Dollars from Consumers

Date

March 14, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of an invention-promotion scam, World Patent Marketing, with deceiving consumers and suppressing complaints about the company by using threats of...

Press Release

FTC Returns Money to Victims of Business Opportunity Scheme

Date

February 17, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 2,031 checks totaling more than $436,000 to people who lost money to Money Now Funding, a work-at-home scheme that conned people, including many seniors with...

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Response to Direct Selling Association's Letter

Date

January 19, 2017

Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman

Text of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Response to Direct Selling Association's Letter (684.03 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of Uber, Inc.

Date

January 19, 2017

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

152 3082

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (17.83 KB) (17.83 KB)

Press Release

Uber Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC Charges That It Recruited Prospective Drivers with Exaggerated Earnings Claims

Date

January 19, 2017

Uber Technologies, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning...

Press Release

FTC Sends Checks to Nearly 350,000 Victims of Herbalife’s Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

Date

January 10, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to nearly 350,000 people who lost money running Herbalife businesses. The checks are the result of a July 2016 settlement with the FTC that required...

Cases and Proceedings

Herbalife International of America, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

January 10, 2017

FTC Matter/File Number

142 3037

Press Release

FTC Returns More Than $3.7 Million to People Harmed by Pyramid Scheme

Date

November 8, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 285,361 checks totaling more than $3.7 million to people who lost money to Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM), a pyramid scheme whose operators were banned from...

Cases and Proceedings

Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

November 8, 2016

FTC Matter/File Number

112 3069

Press Release

FTC Action Halts Telemarketing Scheme That Pitched Money-Making Opportunities and Grants

Date

October 28, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three individuals and five companies they control with bilking money from seniors, veterans, and debt-laden consumers by selling them a worthless money-making...

Public Statement

Keynote Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Ramirez at DSA Business & Policy Conference

Date

October 25, 2016

Keynote Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Ramirez at DSA Business & Policy Conference (78.39 KB)

Public Statement

Applications for Herbalife Independent Compliance Auditor

Date

August 31, 2016

In the Matter of Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Herbalife International of America, Inc, the following applications were submitted in response to the FTC’s August 9, 2016 Request for...

Adonis Hoffman (682.88 KB)

Affiliated Monitors (765.64 KB)

AlixPartners (355.26 KB)

Ankura Consulting (403.58 KB)

BDO (487.66 KB)

Crowell & Moring and StoneTurn Group (5.21 MB)

Exiger (1.54 MB)

Farrell Fritz (9.61 MB)

FTI Consulting (687.09 KB)

Goldin Associates (3.48 MB)

Guidepost Solutions (2.63 MB)

Hemming Morse (21.59 MB)

Jack Conway and Deloitte Advisory (361.18 KB)

Jenner & Block (497.04 KB)

Joseph Lieberman, Kasowitz Benson, and FTI Consulting (1.02 MB)

McDonald Hopkins (1.06 MB)

McGuireWoods (1.48 MB)

Moore Financial Services (429.95 KB)

Pallas Global (456.74 KB)

Patomak Global Partners (360.97 KB)

Robert E. Cooper Jr. (228.05 KB)

Scott E. Johnson (106.74 KB)

ServiceQuest (1.83 MB)

Squire Patton Boggs (4.68 MB)

Treliant Risk Advisors (1.99 MB)

Venable LLP (7.66 MB)

Press Release

FTC Seeks Applicants for Independent Compliance Auditor to Assess Herbalife’s Compliance with Court Order

Date

August 9, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking applications for an Independent Compliance Auditor (ICA) to assess and report on Herbalife’s compliance with and implementation of a judicially-enforceable...

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